Sentence examples for tough and efficient from inspiring English sources

Its police are tough and efficient but generally pretty nice.Jordan even runs better elections than most.

Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, its veteran president, had a reputation for being a tough and efficient autocrat.

Premiers Robert Cosgrove (1939 58) and Eric Elliott Reece (1958 69 and 1972 75) were tough and efficient and saved the local Labor Party from the blows it was suffering elsewhere in the country.

"Our defence is balanced, tough and very efficient".

Mr. Putin, who grew up brawling with bullies in postwar Leningrad, came across as tough and crude and efficient, vowing that his forces would chase down the Chechen rebels and "wipe them out in the outhouse".

Tough, versatile, affordable and efficient, the CCV was to be, said François Castaing, Chrysler's then-executive vice president, "as easy to assemble as a toy".

But the Heat were tougher and more efficient and finally whole again.

So let's be clear: Up to now, as a commander in chief in the war on terrorism, Obama and his national security team have been so much smarter, tougher and cost-efficient in keeping the country safe than the "adults" they replaced.

His grizzled competitors may or may not shoot as well as he does, but they are strong, experienced, efficient, tough and ruthless.

To his supporters he is an efficient, tough and incorruptible administrator whose style of economic governance – dubbed "Modinomics" – has worked wonders in Gujarat and can be rolled out across India.

Touré successfully converted from a midfielder into a tough and savvy defender, an efficient blocker but also a tidy builder from the back thanks to his ease on the ball and his bold enterprise.